on the eucalyptus blossoms, adds materially to the income ; but 

 these are admitted to be secondary considerations. The shade 

 value is not inconsiderable, and the forest cover it affords must 

 render an enormous service to the whole Southwest. These last 

 considerations do not appeal to the farmers and wood-growers any 

 more forcibly than in the rest of the country, unfortunately ; and 

 the " literature ", therefore, emphasizes the high financial profits to 

 be gained within a few years, through the incredibly rapid growth 

 of many of the species. Pamphlets published by the state 

 forestry department and by private commercial corporations in- 

 clude the following statements : I. ^' E. globulus tYQQs 175 feet in 

 height and 5 or 6 feet in diameter have been produced here 

 (California) in from twenty-four to thirty years. The single 

 quality, rapidity of growth, entitles the eucalypts to serious con- 

 sideration, for no other species can attain like dimensions in five 

 times this period." 2. "The average growth of a ten-year-old 

 eucalyptus, based on exhaustive measurements, is given as eleven 

 inches in diameter and ninety-two feet in height." 3. " Under 

 favorable conditions trees in seedling plantations have reached a 

 maximum development of 5 inches in diameter and 6"/ feet in 

 height in four years. This represents an average of 17 feet height 

 growth per year, though a growth of 10 to 15 feet in height 

 yearly is the general average." 4. " In the height of the first 

 growing season seedlings have frequently been observed to make 

 an average height growth of 6 inches a day. The most rapid 

 seedling growth noted was made by a tree which in nine years 

 reached a height of 125 feet and a diameter of 36 inches." 5. 

 The actual size of a tree from the forests of the Eucalyptus 

 Timber Corporation, which was planted April 20, 1908, and dug 

 up August 5, 1909, was " 13^ feet in height, measured on the 

 bole, and 13^ inches in circumference at the base; the main 

 tap-root had penetrated to an actual depth of 16^ feet below the 

 surface of the soil." 6. " E. globulus eight to ten years old, if 

 cut to the ground, will send up shoots that will reach a height 

 of 75 or 100 feet, in from 6 to 8 years. The cutting may be re- 

 peated every few years for an indefinite period." 



Californians are fond of quoting comparisons like the following 



